Enviro Education and ICT - An Unlikely Combination!

ICTPD Contract at Meadowbank

Began the contract in 2008 and are currently in our last year of the contract.
What is SOLO?
Impact on Meadowbank School.
Concept Overview.
Links to Enviro Education.

Key Competencies

Links to curriculum planning.

Concept Overview.pdf

Links to Enviro Education

Links to the G2T Programme.

2010 Planning.doc

Planning Progression Example - linked to Healthy Eating and Sustainable Practices
2007 Initiatives

'What's In Our Lunchbox?' - year 0-2 unit

T2 Whats in your lunch box.doc

Planning and construction of the junior orchard
Irrigation system planning and construction

2008 Initiatives

'No Dig' garden created (first edible garden created by a single class)
Meadowbank School invited to be one of three pilot schools in the NZ Garden to Table Programme
Trip to Melbourne for the Kitchen Garden Conference

2009 Initiatives

Garden to Table was introduced to the year 4 classes. - cooking done in classrooms with very basic equipment and teacher directed.
Concept based planning introduced - two year cycle with strong Enviro Ed opportunities across the 8 concepts.
Sustainability (Term 1) and Enterprise (Term 2) Units - year 4 planning integrating Enviro Ed and G2T.

Concept Plan 2009- Term One Sustainability.doc

Concept Plan 2009- Term Two Enterprise.doc

As a result of the above units the 'Pottager Gardens' were created and the pool terraces were converted into more vegetable gardens.
Planning and construction on Woodfired Pizza Oven - as part of year 5 Enterprise unit

Room 14 Pizza Oven Wiki

'Sustainable Seed' garden created in collaboration with making the pizza oven

Room 14 Sustainable Seed Garden Wiki

In terms 3 and 4, Garden to Table was extended to one year 5 class (to incorporate the new pizza oven)
Our garden and kitchen specialist teachers were employed meaning the programme could be made more extensive.

2010 Initiatives

Garden to Table running as a permanent programme. (4 x Year 4 classes and 3 x Year 5 classes involved)
Enviro Education and G2T are largely integrated into the long term planning - concept based curriculum.
Continual development of edible gardens.
Planning for a school kitchen in progress.